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We are going to build new knowledge of Klamath by building on what we already know. We are going to combine a sentence in " if" with some of what we just learned. he i lacas geliak, dada i ciya? If you don't have a house, where do you stay? he i sanauli lilhanksti pan, waq i...

We have seen how the suffix -opka can be used and that it has the same meaning as : "sanauli."  So, it can use the same sentence structure as : "sanauli'" uses. Two sentence structures we have looked at that can be used to generate hundreds of sentences are: dwa i sanauli...

Today's word is a verbal suffix. It is used in place of a full verb. The suffix is: -opka. The suffix -opka can take the place of the verb sanauli. It expresses " want" as it is the "Desiderative" of Klamath. This just means that it expresses the idea  of desiring-or...

Today we are going to look at two verbal suffixes. The suffixes are -tki and -yega. Suffix -tki is used to indicate that a strong is intended by the verb. It is something that you "should" do. You should go home now! at i cis genatki! Yesterday we had the suffix -ank in...

Today we will look at a verbal suffix. It says a lot what life was like for our ancestors. They had a way of asking "Please." This suffix goes onto any verb. It is the suffix -ank. This is one place on the list of getting someone to do something. Let's take the verb "celga."...

The word today is a suffix used on nouns. The suffix is -la. This suffix is used mostly with reference to food. For example, the word for huckleberry is" iwam." It can be attached here with the meaning of gathering or collecting huckleberries. iwamla ona sa iwamla. Yesterday...